It has been a huge week in our courts with the conclusion of one of the biggest trials in recent history, as well as other serious cases which have seen offenders sent to prison.

This week a compelling murder trial which exposed the grim underbelly of the city region's criminal underworld concluded with the conviction of Mark Fellows.

The assassin killed Salford's Paul Massey three years ago, then, with help from pal Steven Boyle, Mr Massey's friend John Kinsella, last year.

There was also a husband and wife drugs gang locked up for plotting to produce £3m of amphetamine, the 'manic' driver who mowed down a police officer and a gang of violent homeless men involved in a brutal robbery in Chinatown.

A judge locked up a drug dealer who hid £20,000 of amphetamine in his bathtub, a paedophile who set up a hidden camera to spy on children in toilets and a depraved monster who kidnapped and repeatedly raped woman in nine-hour ordeal on Saddleworth Moor.

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The teenager who stabbed a boy in 'Peaky Blinders' sword, knife and hammer brawl

Copperas Field (Image: Flickr)

A 16-year-old boy 'could have died' after being stabbed in a 'pre-arranged' fight between teenagers on a Tameside field, a court heard.

Leo Moran, 18, who stabbed the boy, was sentenced to four years in a young offenders institution.

His friend Mikey Whittaker, also 18, was spared custody after admitting having a sword when he was caught by police.

Manchester Crown Court heard two youths arranged a 'fist fight' in broad daylight on Copperas Field in Droylsden last summer, meeting at about 7pm on June 25.

Shocking CCTV footage of the brawl, which was uploaded to social media, shows two topless youths squaring up to each other, while about 10 to 15 others - mostly dressed in black t-shirts and shorts - watch on.

Moran, of Philip Avenue, Denton, pleaded guilty to one count of section 18 wounding and two counts of possessing an offensive a weapon, namely a knife and a hammer.

Whittaker, of Colwyn Avenue, Fallowfield, pleaded guilty to one count of possessing an offensive weapon, namely a sword.